Senior Project Management Consultant in Milton Keynes

About Assystem

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements. Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

This is an incredible time to be part of our fast-paced, dynamic environment which is both challenging and rewarding. As a Project Manager, you’ll be backed by a dedicated engineering and project controls team that shares your drive for success. Our Project Managers work on projects or packages of work for key clients within the Assystem offices or support our clients directly through secondment opportunities to the client organisation. Working closely with programme leadership, project teams, and stakeholders, the role will focus on improving delivery performance, increasing productivity, and embedding best practice.

The role will require candidates to manage projects effectively, using the full project management skillset. The role requires strong skills in developing integrated and resourced project schedules, building teams and changing their working methods and habits, developing relationships and trust with client stakeholders, managing risk and dependencies between interfacing teams, developing tools or processes to increase efficiency in day-to-day tasks and reporting on progress to senior managers.

Responsibilities:

• Produce, in collaboration with the engineering team, detailed task-level project schedules (plans) for the delivery of scope to meet regulatory requirements and engineering decision gates.
• Develop tools or processes using a variety of software packages to increase the day-to-day efficiency of project management tasks, or to increase the productivity of the engineering teams.
• Manage engineering dependencies between different teams, capturing, tracking and maintaining those dependencies using traceable, clear methods.
• Support engineering change management processes and play a key role in adapting to project changes smoothly.
• Collaborate with project teams and stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve performance, productivity, and project outcomes.
• Facilitate workshops, stakeholder engagement activities, and cross-functional meetings to drive collaboration and alignment.
• Support the adoption of new tools, processes, governance arrangements, systems, and ways of working.
• Analyse programme performance data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities, providing clear recommendations.
• Produce presentations and communications to support programme delivery and decision-making, reporting the progress made against the plan to senior managers at regular intervals.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and leverage Assystem’s position with the client to develop areas for new business.

Qualifications:

• The role requires excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops, engage diverse audiences, and influence decision-making at all levels of the organisation.
• The successful candidate will be comfortable working across multiple programmes and workstreams within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Degree qualified or equivalent relevant experience.
• Engineering qualifications (e.g. degree) or experience of working or project managing in an engineering environment.
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent project management qualification desirable.

Capabilities:

• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, ideally both.
• Skilled with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Ideally familiar with the Microsoft Planner application with Microsoft Teams.
• Experience of setting up teams, channels, chats and apps in Microsoft Teams for use in engineering teams.
• Strong, confident communicator and presenter, who is capable of building business relationships and teams quickly and effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to foster strong teamwork and collaboration.
• Well-organized, with a systematic and rigorous approach to planning work and priorities.
• Ability to simplify and communicate complex topics effectively.
• Understanding of cross-functional roles such as purchasing, commercial, and engineering management.

Experience:

• Understanding of project management and programme delivery principles.
• Knowledge of project controls, reporting, planning, risk, and governance processes.
• Understanding of business change, process improvement, and organisational adoption activities.
• Awareness of delivery challenges associated with major infrastructure and construction programmes.
• Knowledge of performance management and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong presentation and facilitation capabilities.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Ability to influence discussions and guide teams towards positive outcomes.
• Ability to translate complex information into clear and actionable recommendations.

Additional Information:

Join us at Assystem and be part of a global team delivering some of the most exciting and complex engineering projects in the world. This is your chance to shape the UK’s energy future while developing your expertise in a unique environment.

Benefits include:

• Hybrid Working Opportunity
• Flexible working hours
• Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
• 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
• Professional fees reimbursed
• Employee referral scheme
• Competitive Sick Pay – Support when you need it
• Income Protection & 3x Salary Death-in-Service Cover
• Free Digital Gym Access – Expert-led fitness classes
• 24/7 Employee Support Line – Mental health, financial & legal help

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future!